Lift Aylward

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 1 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Enfield
Unique reference
136147
Address
Windmill Road, Enfield, N18 1NB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1401 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
56.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.7%
Persistent absence
25.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
28.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 33.4%
African 28.3%
Other 10.6%
Mixed 5.7%
White British 5.4%
Caribbean 4.1%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other Black 2.8%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other Asian 1.2%
Indian 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 46.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE40
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Aylward Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
213
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
166
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
45
From another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
166
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
114
97
Year 8
236
112
124
Year 9
236
129
107
Year 10
236
123
113
Year 11
241
133
108
Year 12
131
72
59
Year 13
110
45
65
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
91.9%
85.5%
Further education
22.0%
25.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
58.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
3.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
73.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
23.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022